Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Nellye

#30,347 most common girls' name of all time · #48,997 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1916–1940

Rank among girls
#30,347
Rank overall
#48,997 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
10 of 146
All-time
59
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1921 #3,381
Best rank
#3,381 1921
Girls Boys peak 10/yr
19201940

Nellye first appears in 1916. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1940 5 — 5 #4,735
1937 6 — 6 #4,080
1932 5 — 5 #4,807
1930 5 — 5 #4,975
1925 7 — 7 #4,322
1922 6 — 6 #4,835
1921 10 — 10 #3,381
1920 5 — 5 #5,451
1918 5 — 5 #5,290
1916 5 — 5 #5,073